
Estas son las mañanitas
Que cantaba el rey David,
A las muchachas bonitas
Se las cantaba así:
"Despierta, mi bien, despierta!
Mira que ya amaneció.
Ya las pajaritos cantan
La luna ya se metió."
English:
“These are the morning songs that King David sang to the
pretty girls; he sang to them like this:
‘Wake up, my dear, wake up!
Look, the day has already dawned
Already the little birds are singing
And the moon has put itself away.’ "
La Mananitas (The Little Morning Songs)is a song sung traditionally first thing on a person's birthday. My in-laws have a Mexican background, and it is their tradition. Probably sung by some others in Central/Latin America?
~Emily